COVID-19: Talking about coronavirus in English – vocabulary & expressions

Thanks Rebecca for your great youtube website!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJtBaL1PPmTc1ff0nsihR0g

KINDNESS

In the comments below, say which quote you prefer.
At least, this "No comments" will disappear in this post...
Keeping my fingers crossed! And feeling sorry for the kids who are absolutely
unable to work autonomously. To give you an idea, 6 kids in my "secondes" have sent me some homework, 9 in the "première", 5 in Terminale, 1 in BTS1 and none, zero, nought in BTS2.


And M. J.M.Blanquer declared lockdown a mark-free zone. Couldn't believe it as I said to one of you. Anyway,
Choose your favourite quote and explain why in the comments. Thank you!!!!

"Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness.
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."— Scott Adams

"Kindness is my number one attribute in a human being.
I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else."— Roald Dahl 

"Kindness is love in action."  — Henry Drummond

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, 

— Amelia Earhart

 

"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" — George Eliot

"Kindness is the shadow of God in man." — Kahlil Gibran

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."— Abraham Joshua Heschel 

 

"It is a little embarrassing that, after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other."

         — Aldous Huxley

"Surely there is no road or effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its harshness."— Helen Keller

"If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path."                           — Mary Webb

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I'd say my favourite quote is Amelia Earheart. I like the rhizomatic vibe to it. The exponential power of kindness. 

Oral comprehension

I advise you to do as much oral comprehension as you can.
Go to the label on the right and choose one of the documents, any document, in the links given.
Listen to it several times. Note the link and send me a report. Thank you.
And listen to that video:

Lockdown

[For ALL MY CLASSES (2C, 2E, 1B, TS2, BTS BAT1, BTS BAT2)
Send me
1. The script of the first 24 seconds ('') of this video. 
2. Write an English summary of what is explained here.

Thanks to put, in the object of your mail 1st your class and 2nd, your surname.
ex: 1B- Arniaud
Send this mail to me here: arago2311@gmail.com]

Take good care all.

Irish humour

My sister lives in Ireland. Her husband is not confined yet. (today is March 21st)

Schools have been closed for some time in Ireland  but will be closed from now on in the UK.

Anyway, here is what she just sent me. She was sure I would crack out laughing. 

Actually, it made me cry with laughter. Hope you will laugh too.

Take care kids and comment and work a little, please. Byeee

EMPLOYEE NOTICE

Due to the current financial situation caused by the Corona Virus and slowdown in the economy, the Government has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 50 years of age and above on early, mandatory retirement, thus creating jobs and reducing unemployment.

This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).

Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to the Government to be considered for the SHAFT program (Special Help After Forced Termination).

Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (System Covering Retired-Early Workers).

A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as the Government deems appropriate.

Persons who have been RAPED could get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependents & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).

Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by the Government.

Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. The Government has always prided themselves on the amount of SHIT they give our citizens.

Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring this to the attention of your TD, who has been trained to give you all the SHIT you can handle.

Sincerely,

The Committee for Economic Value of Individual Lives (E.V.I.L.)

PS - Due to Corona Virus, recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions, The Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

Exponential

A 2020 March 10th pandemic-related article with figures, graphs and a vivid analysis.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Carpe Diem ...ça déprime.

Ain't anagrams something!

For the pupils I have: Dear students, 
Our French president has declared that from Monday onwards, schools (of all types) would be closed. We don't know for how long.
I will be in Arago tomorrow and hope to see you there. Keep me posted at the address given here. Tell me you're well and work your English of course! Oral comprehension! #CrucialTimes #responsibility #Smiles #Care

Twitter verified it

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/28/tech/fake-twitter-candidate-2020/index.html
Watch the video embedded in the above link .
"If I could do this as a High schooler, 
imagine what a highly trained team of people doing this could do."

Some high schooler, high school student, great short interview, don't you think?

I remember suffering from the rare feed back from my students.
#throwback: Fanny, all the best to you.

Gotta (!) add I love twitter but my account is verified only by me.

2040

Another English teacher on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/LesTutosdeHuito

For those who are willing to improve their English.
Steven Huitorel 's doing a great job on his YT channel, don't  you think?

2012...Sharing Information: A Day in Your Life

Jay Williams after Kobe Bryant's death

84 flops

The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech

https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/20/21029499/decade-fails-flops-tech-science-culture-apple-google-data-kickstarter-2010-2019

Prepare an oral on one of those if you will! Could be fun.

selective attention test

Abolish War - Oldies but goodies

Howard Zinn in May 2006 in Los Angeles.
Born on August 24, 1922 Brooklyn– Died on January 27, 2010


Favourite part is around 7'32' "Governments in history have never been dependable in taking care of the needs of people. After all, governments are not set up for that purpose. Governments are set up to serve certain interests and not the interest of the people."
"Occasionally it can get friendly when there's a great people movement that compels it to be friendly.
So it's really up to us, it is up to the people of the world to abolish war."


In one of his last interviews, Zinn stated that he would like to be remembered "for introducing a different way of thinking about the world, about war, about human rights, about equality," and for getting more people to realize that the power which rests so far in the hands of people with wealth and guns, that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it. At certain points in history, they have used it. Black people in the South used it. People in the women's movement used it. People in the anti-war movement used it. People in other countries who have overthrown tyrannies have used it."


https://dai.ly/x2f2xux

United Kingdom: general election

Encyclopedia Britannica tells you what's happening on the 12th of December 2019.
Watch this short and very well crafted video. How I admire the draughtsman
On the eve of this general election, I know what I'd vote. But many people hesitate.
And many won't vote at all. Wait and see...


 And watch the video here:
https://www.britannica.com/video/187571/elections-United-Kingdom

Multicultural London English (MLE) or Jafaican

Brexit or not Brexit

Brexit, that is the question.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50079385

There will be another vote on Saturday.

Watch the video of Boris Johnson, U.K.'s current Prime Minister who came after Theresa May who  followed David Cameron who arrived after Gordon Brown following Tony Blair, a Labour ... PM after John Major, political son of the previous PM: Margaret Thatcher.
Today is October 17th, 2019.

Place your bets!

Preamble to Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 -- Hear and Read ...

Downton Abbey - "What Is A Weekend?"